Performance of wild-serbian ganoderma lucidum mycelium in treating synthetic sewage loading using batch bioreactor

The fluctuation of domestic wastewater characteristic inhibits the current conventional microbial-based treatment. The bioremediation fungi has received attention and reported to be an effective alternative to treat industrial wastewater. Similar efficient performance is envisaged for domestic wastewater whereby assessed performance of fungi for varying carbon-to-nitrogen ratios in domestic wastewater is crucial. Thus, the performance of pre-grown wild-Serbian Ganoderma lucidum mycelial pellets (GLMPs) was evaluated on four different synthetic domestic wastewaters under different conditions of initial pH (pH 4, 5, and 7) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) to nitrogen (COD/N) ratio of 3.6:1, 7.1:1, 14.2:1, and 17.8:1 (C3.6N1, C7.1N1, C14.2N1, and C17.8N1). The COD/N ratios with a constant concentration of ammonia–nitrogen (NH3–N) were chosen on the basis of the urban domestic wastewater characteristics sampled at the inlet basin of a sewage treatment plant (STP). The parameters of pH, COD, and NH3–N were measured periodically during the experiment. The wild-Serbian GLMPs efficiently removed the pollutants from the synthetic sewage. The COD/N ratio of C17.8N1 wastewater had the best COD and NH3–N removal, as compared to the lower COD/N ratio, and the shortest treatment time was obtained in an acidic environment at pH 4. The highest percentage for COD and NH3–N removal achieved was 96.0% and 93.2%, respectively. The results proved that the mycelium of GLMP has high potential in treating domestic wastewater, particularly at high organic content as a naturally sustainable bioremediation system

Describing knowledge encounters in healthcare: a mixed studies systematic review and development of a classification

This review was self-funded

An investigation on knowledge management and business strategies alignment in the Gulf Cooperation Council Banks

Today's business and technical managers have to actively incorporate knowledge strategy (KS) into an organisation's Business Strategy (BS) in order to improve the organisation's performance. A study has been conducted to explore the alignment between KS and BS. The different types of BS were considered in terms of Miles and Snow's (1978) typology of Defenders, Analyzers and Prospectors. In terms of KS, two types of KS strategy - Aggressive Knowledge Strategy (AKS) and Conservative Knowledge Strategy (CKS) were selected. This model was empirically validated through a survey of 106 banks selected from six Gulf countries - Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, and Oman. This was followed by interviews with key officers from representative organizations. In this paper, mainly the outcomes from the interviews were reported. Detailed results from the survey are published elsewhere and only the summary is described here. Finding from the research demonstrated that in the case of GCC banks, there is a strong association between KS and BS and that the alignment between KS and BS clearly influenced the organizational performance. However, the concept of dedicated knowledge officer is not practiced

Alignment of knowledge and IT strategies: a case for the banking sector in the Gulf Cooperation Countries

Information Technology (IT) is playing a crucial role in supporting and managing the organization’s knowledge assets. IT supplies the necessary collaboration, communication, and networking capabilities required for accelerating the speed of knowledge transfer and creation. This explorative research study will examine the association and the alignment between the Knowledge Management (KM) strategy and Information Systems, IS/IT strategy adopted by the banking sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries in supporting business strategy. Using the recommended model, the study will explore the impact of this alignment on the organizations’ performance. The context of the GCC has been chosen because there is a need for a context-aware model for the KM in such countries. This model should consider the contextual, cultural, and technical factors that have a crucial effect on implementing KM and its strategies

Knowledge management strategic alignment in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Organizations today should actively incorporate knowledge strategy (KS) into their Business Strategy (BS) as knowledge has been recognized as a strategic element in the performance of the organization. Hence, the current research hypothesis that the alignment between BS and KS (KMBS-SA) has a positive effect on the organizational performance. In an attempt to explore the KMBS-KA, an operational model is proposed based on the prior studies in the strategic alignment. The complexity of the research model necessities the illustration of two different conceptualizations for the model to hypothesize the different relationships between KS and BS. The first conceptualization investigates the contribution of KMBS-SA on the organizational performance. The second conceptualization exhibits the different alignments between various profiles of KS and various types of BS. Moreover, using both conceptualizations, the role of KS as a moderator in the contribution of the BS on the organizational performance was examined. BS types were viewed in terms of Miles and Snow's (1978) typology of Defenders, Analyzers and Prospectors. Two KS strategies include: Aggressive Knowledge Strategy (AKS) and Conservative Knowledge Strategy (CKS) were selected to examine KMBS-SA. This model was empirically validated through a survey of 106 banks selected from the six Gulf countries (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, and Oman). With respect to the perspective of alignment, the moderation approach was chosen. The overall finding of the research demonstrated that there is a strong association between KS and BS and that KMBS-SA clearly influenced the organizational performance. Thus, KMBS-SA is important to the organizational effectiveness of the GCC banks. Moreover, the result showed that only the alignment between prospector strategic activities and AKS profile of KS and the alignment between business strategic type of analyzer with AKS and CKS profiles of KS have a positive effect on the organizational performance. These results indicate that GCC bank should not totally ignore any of the six knowledge strategic choices. Thus, these banks should establish a baseline of KS support for all aspects of BS, and then move from there to add more KS support to those business strategic dimensions that are most important

A proposed study on the evaluation of strategic alignment in the gulf cooperation council countries

The effective use of knowledge to drive competitive advantage depends upon using a holistic approach that spans five key business considerations: KM (KM), business strategy, information technology (IT) strategy, organization culture, and human factors The current paper proposes a study to investigate the strategic alignment between KM strategy and business strategy pursued by the banking sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Using the recommended model, the study will explore the impact of this alignment on the organizations' performance

A study on efficient use of knowledge management for the Kingdom of Bahrain financial institutions (KBFI)

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